Obama shouldn’t pander to the right

By Jared Epps

Some black people look shocked and appalled when I tell them that I think Obama needs to get the hell out of the country’s executive seat. These same special people then go on to tell me that I’m something of a “traitor to the black community,” or some such nonsense.

There are two problems here. The first one is that the American black community is garbage, so traitor allegations casually fly over my head. Secondly, these are mostly the same people who voted for Obama “cuz he be black dawg” and not because of his political alignment.

 Actually, my main problem with the guy is that he doesn’t seem to have a recognizable political position. He is (or was) the Black Jesus of the Democratic party, but in the spirit of pretentious, self-gratifying “compromise,” he gives his opposition everything they want without any real regard to the people that voted him into office to begin with.

I’ve got a great compromise, Mr. Obama. Act for the benefit of the people that put you into office instead of the people that want you dead.

The magnificent (black) individuals who speak in tongues about the glory of Obama will also go on to suggest that I must be some kind of evil person who voted for McCain, because that’s obviously the worst possible thing a person can be.

I wanted the guy to follow up on his incredibly idealistic campaign promises, but recognizing his shortcomings apparently makes me an “evil McCain supporter.”

Let me make one thing clear, though. Just because I don’t want another four years of Obama doesn’t mean that I want to see one of the current G.O.P. candidates in either. I kind of have to choose between a magic negro that bends over backwards to the machinations of his Republican overlords, or vote for those… other people.

I’m probably not being too fair to the Republican candidates. 

After all, there are over twenty of them, and the most successful and vocal of them are just two or three borderline evangelists, one of whom tried to suggest that the recent earthquake on the east coast was America’s penance from God for letting government spending go out of control. 

The rest of the candidates might actually be sane, rational people, but I’m probably hoping for too much from politicians, especially our G.O.P. pals.

This political situation is messy business, and I doubt anyone has a reasonable solution to the country’s problems. 

Neither of the two big parties will act for the overall good of the people as long as the richest Americans are allowed to effectively buy our politicians off.

The last thing I’m trying to suggest is that one party is objectively better than the others (subjectively, not the Republicans). 

The only “right” thing for a politician to do is to act for the people that put them into office in the first place, and that is something that our president is currently failing miserably at.